In the development of eating practices, the adolescent period is believed to be particularly formative. In life course theory, the teenage years are recognized as a period of profound and complex transition (Crosnoe & Johnson, 2011). Eating habits initiated during adolescence are believed to have lifelong social and health consequences (Coulson et al., 1998;Story et al., 2002;Wahl, 1999). There is a growing interest in the role of social influences in shaping children and adolescents' eating behaviors

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